Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween is now set to begin screening in Singaporean and Malaysian theaters this month, instead of its previously announced June 2 release date.
In Singapore, the movie will begin its general screening at Cathay Cineplexes on May 19. Its fan screenings will be held several days earlier on May 14.
Meanwhile, Malaysia’s Golden Screen Cinemas chain will have fan screenings for the movie on May 21 and 22. The movie was previously listed with a May 19 release date between the time of the original June 2 release date’s reveal and the announcement of the current fan screening date.
Indonesia is also set to screen the movie in May, with Odex Indonesia’s Instagram account revealing a May 20 release date. The film is coming to the Philippines as well, although the release date is still unknown.
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween premiered in Japan on April 15. It is the 25th Case Closed anime film and the latest since 2021’s Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet. The story involves a wedding between Detective Sato and Detective Takagi, which is interrupted by an attack that injures the latter. Additionally, there is a prison break involving the perpetrator of a bombing incident, and Rei Furuya has a collar bomb put on him after an encounter with a mysterious costumed person. As Conan and his circle investigate, they are targeted by a certain party.
The staff includes Susumu Mitsunaka (Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File, Haikyu!! Movie 4: Battle of Concepts) as director, Takahiro Ohkura (Case Closed: The Crimson Love Letter) as scriptwriter, and Yuugo Kanno (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean) as music composer. TMS Entertainment is the animation production company. Meanwhile, the cast includes Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri, Tooru Furuya as Rei Furuya, and Mai Shiraishi as Yelenika.
Goushou Aoyama’s Shogakukan-published Case Closed manga, or Great Detective Conan in Japanese, began in 1994 and has 100 tankoubon volumes as of October 2021. A TV anime adaptation began in 1996 and is still on-going. There have also been various OVA adaptations.
Sources: ODEX Malaysia & Brunei Facebook page, ODEX Private Limited Facebook page